When Navy athletics entered a minimum 10-day pause on March 1, Ken Niumatalolo got a sickening feeling in his stomach. His thoughts went back to this time last year when college athletics started shutting down.
Navy’s 14th-year football coach initially thought spring practice would have to be delayed. Within a few weeks, it became apparent that important period of development would be canceled.
To this day, Niumatalolo believes losing spring camp was the first significant step backward that ultimately led to the Midshipmen finishing 3-7 last season.
Upon learning on Wednesday that Navy was extending the pause for at least another week, Niumatalolo decided to change the dates of this year’s spring camp.